Sunday 19 October 2003

In this episode

Innovation is difficult. It would be much easier if companies could share their knowledge with one another but who wants to give a competitor an advantage? Enter the trusted intermediary - someone who can facilitate an exchange of information without compromising the invention. It could lead to new products that would never have been achieved by individual firms acting alone.

As pop culture, games are as important as film or television - but game design has yet to develop a theoretical framework or critical vocabulary. Eric Zimmerman, creator of SiSSYFiGHT 2000, is about to change all of that. He has co-authored "Rules of Play", a new book that offers a unified model for looking at all kind of games, from board games and sports to computer and video games.